Response to information security incidents (IS) is a structured set of actions aimed at establishing the details of an incident, minimizing damage from the incident and preventing the recurrence of an information security incident. 

In practice, there are several phases of incident response in the field of information security, namely: 

• Analysis of network activity. The information security incident response team evaluates network traffic and diagnoses suspicious information systems.
• Forensic analysis. Experts conduct a forensic express survey of all servers operating in the company, which are used by fraudsters, in order to establish the causes of attacks, move attackers across computer systems and networks.
• Diagnostics of malicious code. The analyst carries out a fundamental static and dynamic analysis of the models of malicious code found during the response. The aforementioned enables experts to exclude its fixation in computer systems and avoid re-infection of the company's IT infrastructure. 

Briskinfosec IS Incident Response Mechanisms 

There is no doubt that the identification and response to incidents in the field of information security are the main areas of work for Briskinfosec. During the conduct, vulnerabilities in the IS are determined and all traces of hacker attacks and intrusions are found.

 Investigating and responding to information security incidents, a team of qualified Briskinfosec employees carries out a whole range of processes, consisting of certain successive stages: 

• At the first preparatory stage, specialists carry out thorough operational work to ensure comprehensive protection of the organization's information system. Company members are informed about the need to support security measures.
• At the detection stage, experts verify whether a certain event in the IS is considered an incident. At the same time, various analytical mechanisms, streams of information about external attacks, and other sources of information are used.
• Securing the situation and a comprehensive study of objects of information resources that are related to the incident.
• Coordinating the process of neutralizing the impact of computer intrusions, the action of which influenced the occurrence of the incident. Our employees install a security system in such a way that the infection will not spread further. Reconfiguration of the information system begins with the aim of its further work without consequences.
• The main point of the "removal" process is to bring the infected IP back to its original form. Specialists with the necessary qualifications will eliminate both malicious software and other infected system components.
• Establishing the root causes of the incident and its undesirable consequences for the information system.
• At this stage, "cleaned up" resources are gradually introduced into the main production network. At the same time, our specialists continue to monitor their condition afterwards in order to finally make sure that the threats are completely destroyed.
• Formation of recommendations. At the end of their work, Briskinfosecexperts review their actions. Also, at this stage, some specific adjustments are made to the software mechanism. A list of recommendations is drawn up to prevent and eliminate such unwanted threats, in addition to quickly responding to information security incidents.

 The above mechanisms will be presented in regulations , which will outline the stages of complex actions for certain most important incidents, specific measures and the timing of their application. At the same time, it is important to think over the responsibility for the failure to apply certain measures or insufficiently effective and efficient use of them. 

Qualified experts of Briskinfosec organize the localization of incidents and elimination of their consequences in accordance with the methodological recommended manuals, which include the process of preventing, detecting and eliminating the consequences of computer hacker attacks.

Determining the root causes of incidents 

Determination of the root causes of an incident in the information sphere by qualified analysts of our company is carried out at several stages: 

1. Initial assessment of a new incident. The tasks of this stage include: 

setting the conditions and determining the undesirable consequences of the incident;

timely consistent determination of the circumstances of an incident that does not function within the framework of the standard rules of action for an incident of this type.

2. Comprehensive, thorough analysis of the incident. The main objectives of this incident analysis include:

 establishing the root causes of the incident;

determining the credible consequences of the incident.

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